Category: Literature

  • The Widow

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    This character is briefly introduced in two separate occasions in the book. We don’t know much information about the woman, but we definitely can claim that she was kind, loyal and generous. These traits are strongly revealed in her devotion to Robinson Crusoe, as she took care of his property for long thirty-five years when…

  • Mr. Winterbourne

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    Winterbourne is the protagonist of the story. He is a lonely, educated and noble American who lives in Switzerland (mainly in Geneva). He said he was educated in Geneva and had a refined and conservative taste. At the same time, he has a strong desire to continue the “adventure” with Daisy Miller. As her aunt…

  • Linda

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     Linda was the first love of O’Brien. He taught him the sense of feeling of love. We are all inclined to idealize our chosen person, to whom we’ve experienced a sense of love for the first time. And, over the time, people forget everything bad, and there are only positive moments in memory. She has taught the main character…

  • Jocasta

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    As well as other characters, this one is important too. Who is Jocasta? She is the wife and mother of Oedipus and queen of Thebes. Before marrying Oedipus, she was married to Laius. She commits suicide at the end of the play, perhaps because of feeling guilty. Why? Being young she left Oedipus to die…

  • Vivian Baptiste

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    Vivian Baptiste similar to Grant is a teacher. However, she works in a better school with more comfort and space. This school has different rooms for children with different learning levels. Vivian’s position is much nicer than Grant’s one in the plantation school. However, her life is not easy and untroubled. The woman lives with…

  • Roger (LOTF)

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    Roger is one of the most dangerous, cruel, and insidious boys on the whole island. He’s one of Jack’s followers, but in a way, he’s even eviler than his obsessed with power leader. If Jack longs for total control over the boys, Roger just enjoys hurting other people, especially weaker ones, and watching them in…

  • Xury

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    He is the Arab or black boy who becomes Robinson Crusoe’s slave. Xury is briefly introduced in a book during the time when Crusoe is liberated from slavery in Sallee. When Robinson leaves the place, he takes another two slaves with him. He makes one of them swim to the shore, but leaves Xury onboard.…

  • Robert Walton

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    A passionate explorer of the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean, Robert is a captain of a ship sailing from Russia. Ambitious and brave, Robert reminds Victor in his pursuit of his aim. When his ship gets trapped in the ice, Robert finds an exhausted and malnourished Victor for him to live a bit longer…

  • The Things They Carried Summary

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    The novel comprises of twenty two chapters that are not chronological, although they are all intertwined. The author is also a character in the book by the name of Tim O’Brien. The story gives an account of soldiers of the Alpha Company, after they return from war in Vietnam.  In the first chapter- “The Things…

  • Walden Study Guide

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    Walden Study Guide Author: Henry David Thoreau Original title: Walden; or Life in the Woods Published: April 18th 2004 by Princeton University Press (first published 1854) Setting: United States of America Concord, Massachusetts, 1845 (United States) Concord, Massachusetts (United States) ISBN 0691096120 (ISBN13: 9780691096124) “Walden” was written by Henry Thoreau in 1954. It is a…